Health officer uses a thermal head to detect a monkeypox virus on arriving passengers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia on May 15, 2019 (Jepayona Delita | Future Publishing | Getty Images).
The sudden emergence of monkeypox in several countries around the world represents a concerning outbreak, the head of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations told CNBC on Thursday, but the virus does not represent the same kind of global threat as Covid-19.
His comments come as international health authorities investigate the atypical spread of monkeypox, a rare viral disease typically confined to remote parts of Central and West Africa.
"This is the first time that we have gathered again in Davos since the 2020 meeting and we find ourselves facing another dangerous disease threat," CEPI CEO Richard Hatchett told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"We should understand what that signifies, which is the world is beginning to move around again and infectious disease is beginning to move around with us," Hatchett said....
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